12 Gardens Live is the fourth live album by American singer/songwriter Billy Joel, recorded during a former record run of 12 sold-out concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City in early 2006. It was released on June 13, 2006.
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Released | June 13, 2006 | |||
Recorded | Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 2:32:47 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Steve Lillywhite Billy Joel | |||
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Although some of the singer's best known hits are on the album, many of them are transposed into a different key (often lower) to preserve Joel's deepening voice for the duration of the tour. This is also the first time Joel's signature song "Piano Man" has appeared on a live CD (although it had appeared on both the live DVD in the box set My Lives and the Live At Yankee Stadium DVD prior to this release).
All songs written by Billy Joel.
In addition to the above, the iTunes Store offers two extra songs, "Stiletto" and "Honesty". Also for a short time, Sony Music Direct was offering direct downloads of "You're My Home" and "Sleeping with the Television On" as an incentive to purchase the CD from Sony Music's website.
Chart (2006) | Position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[2] | 22 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [3] | 11 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [4] | 80 |
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[5] | 52 |
UK Albums (OCC) [6] | 95 |
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